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All posts by Patra Frame

• Professionalism — Critical for Job Seekers

  Recently, the Herman Trend Alert reported on a poll of professionalism and how critical it was in getting hired.  Here is an excerpt: ”HR pros and business leaders polled identified five primary characteristics of professionalism: 1) personal interaction skills, inc… more

• Top Six Tips for Job Search Research

  Why Bother?  WIIFM? At seminar after talk after workshop I do, people are unsure how to really go about researching the next step.   Many think it is too much work.  And then they wonder how they ever got stuck in such a bad job/place. Most recruiters will tell you that… more

• What Do You Really Want to Do Next

  At every ClearedJobs.Net Cleared Job Fair as well as other events, I talk with transitioning military folks who do not really know what they want to do next. Many have some idea, some have very specific plans -- but a large number do not have a clear, specific focus.  Certain… more

• Interviews are two-way streets

  Good candidates, preparing for an interview,  focus mainly on learning about the company and the people they will interview with.  Really good candidates also focus on what is important to them and how they will learn about those key issues during the intervi… more

• Say Thank You

  Your Momma told you the importance of saying thank you from an early age. Yet too many folks forget to say "Thanks!" along their job search road. Recently I spoke to an old friend and mentor, now a senior executive in a major corporation, and discovered that this person who h… more